Ecclesiastes 7:6-8

Revised Standard Version

⁶ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of the fools;
    this also is vanity.
⁷ Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish,
    and a bribe corrupts the mind.
⁸ Better is the end of a thing than its beginning;
    and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.